Hi Jeremy, Deryck and All, Just got back to South Africa, and before real life kicks in, I wanted to thank all involved in Wikimania - the local organizers, the awesome volunteers, the speakers and the delegates, and the foundation. (and a special thank you to WM DE for my trip!)
It was an incredible experience where friendship and community were heightened and reinforced. The African delegation, though small, is much stronger for it. Watch this space ;-)! And it is all due to being able to meet in a conducive and inspiring environment. Thanks again, and I hope you all get some rest! Warmest Isla Excuse the brevity, sent from my iPhone. On 13 Aug 2013, at 8:18, [email protected] wrote: > Send Wikimania-l mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimania-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Thank you!! (Benoit Rochon) > 2. Re: Thank you!! (Matthew Flaschen) > 3. Re: A note for further Wikimanias (Matthew Flaschen) > 4. Re: A note for further Wikimanias (Chris Woodrich) > 5. Re: Lounge / luggage room today! (Deryck Chan) > 6. Thank you!! (Andrew Gray) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 17:51:48 -0400 > From: Benoit Rochon <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Thank you!! > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > A big thank you to all volunteers at Wikimania Hong Kong! You guys did an > amazing job, everything was so well organized. Even if it was a lot of work > to bring the world into your city, it was worth it. I am sure everyone will > agree that you made it "à la perfection"! And on the top, you are such happy > and very kind people. It was an honor to meet you all. > > WM Switzerland, thanks for the scholarship. Really appreciate. > Deryck, high five buddy!!! > JP aka Amqui, party animal. > Adrienne, c'est aussi ta faute. > Beach party, awesome. > WM Hong Kong, you rock! > Iberocoop, nice playlist as usual... > > I had a really great time. > > Benoit Rochon > -- > Chargé de projet / Project manager > Wikimédia Canada > 3450 rue Saint-Denis, suite 180 > Montréal (Québec) H2X 3L3 > Téléphone : 1-800-249-1216 > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Benoit_Rochon > > > Le 2013-08-12 à 12:57, Melanie Brown <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> So agreed! Thank you to everyone who made my first Wikimania an incredible >> experience all around. Absolutely wonderful conference! >> >> On Monday, August 12, 2013, Erik Moeller wrote: >>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 8:42 AM, Joseph Fox <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I just wanted to say, on behalf of all the attendees this year, a massive >>>> THANK YOU to all 350 volunteer organisers and Wikimedia Hong Kong for a >>>> fantastic conference! >>> >>> Well said -- it was a wonderful event. Thanks to the Hong Kong team >>> for putting on a great conference with so many unforgettable moments. >>> >>> See you all in London, at the latest :-) >>> >>> Erik >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> >> -- >> Melanie L. Brown >> HR Administrator >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 415.839.6885 ext 6690 >> 415.882.0495 (fax) >> www.wikimediafoundation.org >> >> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the >> sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment. https://donate.wikimedia.org/ >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/attachments/20130812/3e22b40b/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:37:22 -0700 > From: Matthew Flaschen <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Thank you!! > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On 08/11/2013 05:42 PM, Joseph Fox wrote: >> I just wanted to say, on behalf of all the attendees this year, a >> massive THANK YOU to all 350 volunteer organisers and Wikimedia Hong >> Kong for a fantastic conference! > > Agreed, the conference (my first Wikimania) was great. :) > > Matt Flaschen > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:49:47 -0700 > From: Matthew Flaschen <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] A note for further Wikimanias > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > On 08/12/2013 06:11 AM, Raul Veede wrote: >> First, I'd like to join the "thank you, Hong Kong"-choir, although it >> could as well be "thank you, everybody". > > Very much agreed. > >> That done, there are some things I'd really, really like to see on next >> wikiconferences, wherever or whichever they'd be. > > I would add, "make the person's name on their badge bigger". It's a > simple thing, but it helps when meeting people. > > Matt Flaschen > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:25:07 +0000 > From: Chris Woodrich <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] A note for further Wikimanias > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > A few further suggestions (though yes, I was generally pleased) > * Make sure enough food is prepared > * If the only music at a venue will be electronic... whatever that was... > perhaps give a heads up > * Try to include usernames on name tags a bit more regularly; a lot of people > were writing theirs in. > > Sincerely / Dengan Hormat > > Christopher Allen Woodrich > Cell / HP: +6281513794809 > > >> Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:49:47 -0700 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] A note for further Wikimanias >> >> On 08/12/2013 06:11 AM, Raul Veede wrote: >>> First, I'd like to join the "thank you, Hong Kong"-choir, although it >>> could as well be "thank you, everybody". >> >> Very much agreed. >> >>> That done, there are some things I'd really, really like to see on next >>> wikiconferences, wherever or whichever they'd be. >> >> I would add, "make the person's name on their badge bigger". It's a >> simple thing, but it helps when meeting people. >> >> Matt Flaschen >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/attachments/20130813/b2aad7ed/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:01:36 +0100 > From: Deryck Chan <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimania general list, (open subscription)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Lounge / luggage room today! > Message-ID: > <ca+f5pq-gdct1mobdqxydsypkuctcbgnsfzdtjcgv08u54zu...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > No idea, I'm afraid! The last time I went to N112 was 7pm last night. A big > group was leaving PolyU for the airport. A few volunteers stayed behind to > pack up our materials. A few attendees are left; I think they either had > late flights or were just hanging around for wifi. > On 12 Aug 2013 22:39, "Ellie Young" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Deryck, >> >> is everything okay for the group that is in 116? >> >> Thanks, Ellie >> >> On Aug 12, 2013, at 9:20 AM, Deryck Chan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In case people have forgotten, we have booked rooms N112-116 PolyU (where >> the VisualEditor team sat this week) as a lounge and (unattended) luggage >> room. Feel free to come hang out. >> >> Also, there are no shuttles from the dorms to anywhere today. Walking >> groups for catching the airport bus E22 will depart at 09:30, 10:30 and >> 11:30. There may also be impromptu taxi groups to travel from the dorms to >> PolyU. Please ask our volunteers for travel advice. >> >> Deryck >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/attachments/20130813/edee05a7/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:18:56 +0800 > From: Andrew Gray <[email protected]> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimania-l] Thank you!! > Message-ID: > <CAE4f==fb_YKYtksi0OxySOPkrwbzQu9ET3GeCRKeR0=unr2...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Indeed! Thanks and congratulations to all involved - the most enjoyable > Wikimania I have been to so far. > > Andrew. > > On Monday, 12 August 2013, James Forrester wrote: > >> Here here. A wonderful conference. Thank you! >> >> On Monday, August 12, 2013, Joseph Fox wrote: >> >>> I just wanted to say, on behalf of all the attendees this year, a massive >>> THANK YOU to all 350 volunteer organisers and Wikimedia Hong Kong for a >>> fantastic conference! >>> >>> Thanks for everything! :-) >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Joseph Fox* >>> enwp.org/user:foxj >> >> -- >> James D. Forrester >> [email protected] >> [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]] (speaking purely in a personal >> capacity) > > > -- > - Andrew Gray > [email protected] > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/attachments/20130813/deeb62ff/attachment.html> > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > End of Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 89, Issue 89 > ******************************************* _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
